''Psych: 9'' is a 2010 American-Czech

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directed by Andrew Shortell. It stars

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and

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Plot

While dealing with her own mental issues, Roslyn takes the night shift at a recently closed hospital's psych ward. As she experiences possibly supernatural phenomena, she comes to suspect that her husband, Cole, is a serial killer active in the area.

Cast

as Roslyn *

Cary Elwes Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (; born 26 October 1962) is an English actor. He starred as Westley in ''The Princess Bride (film), The Princess Bride'' (1987), and also had lead roles in films such as ''Robin Hood: Men in Tights'' (1993) and the Saw (fr ...

as Dr. Clement *

as Det. Marling *

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as Cole *

Colleen Camp Colleen Celeste Camp (born June 7, 1953) is an American character actress and producer. After appearing in several bit parts, she had a lead role in the comedy '' The Swinging Cheerleaders'' (1974), followed by roles in two installments of the ' ...

as Beth

Production

Shooting took place in Prague.

Release

''Psych 9'' played in the UK in May 2010 and at

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on October 12. It was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on February 22, 2011.

Reception

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of ''

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'' rated it 2/5 stars and called it "predictable fare with a few good performances". Steve Barton of

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rated it 2/5 stars and wrote, "It's all been done before and done much better.". Describing the film's use of haunted house and serial killer tropes, R. L. Shaffer of

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rated it 4/10 stars and called it "more or less a combination of two half-cocked ideas". In comparing it to a Lifetime made-for-cable film, Peter Brown of

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criticized the amount of time spent on back story and concluded that the film is too illogical and clichéd. Annie Riordan of Brutal as Hell called it "stunningly unscary and totally nonsensical".

References

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